01. Players

Reds 7, Rays 0. Time to bring back the GBT – The Good, The Bad and The Telling sandwich, where The Bad is nice and lean and the The Telling is ripe. THE GOOD: Carlos Hernandez. Hernandez looked strong facing big league hitters for the first time in 3 years, […]

This is going to be brief this morning. Last night was Mardi Gras…Sue us. DEVIL DOGS WEBTOPIA… Today is the first exhibition game for the Rays but one Ray, Aki Iwamura has already played a game. [Rays Report] Pat Burrell will face his ex-teammates on Saturday. [The 700 Level] Willy […]

Is it us or does Tim Beckham look like he has bulked up a little bit? Here is a pic from last year. DEVIL DOGS WEBTOPIA… Tim Beckham talks about the adjustment to Major League Baseball and to a Major League clubhouse. Tom Foley spoke about Beckham’s work ethic. [MLB] […]

Of all the contracts given out by the Rays this off-season, the one that surprised us the most is the deal not given to Joe Maddon. On the heals of an AL Manager of the Year award, Maddon enters 2009 in the last year of his current contract. Few teams […]

Several veteran free agents have signed with the Rays this off-season and the common thread among several of them was that they were drawn to the Rays in part by Joe Maddon. [Adam Kennedy] could have gone with a team that had some uncertainty at second base, or one that […]

Even with Wade Davis thinking about making his major league debut in 2009 and Jake McGee just trying to get back from Tommy John surgery, the formerly inseparable duo are found together once again…In a column by Joe Smith of the St. Pete Times. And it is good news for […]

Lots of chatter in the interwebs about one David Taylor Price, the favored son despite being the youngest. For it was David who appeared late and slew JD Drew, Mark Kotsay, Jason Varitek and Jed Lowrie, leading the Rays over the Philistines Red Sox. What has been the most surprising […]

With most of the opening day roster set, there are still a number of questions concerning the Rays entering Spring Training, and not one will be “who will be the closer?” Let’s start to speculate… What can we expect from BJ Upton this season? Most Rays fans that have watched […]

2008 AL Championship Trophy Just a little reminder this morning from Rays Index to all of our friends in Red Sox Nation and the Evil Empire of exactly who is chasing whom this season. DEVIL DOGS WEBTOPIA… Although he has yet to receive official word, Evan Longoria is proceeding with […]